The Lagos State Government said religious bodies rank high among violators of physical planning laws in the state. The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, said the government has had to contend with a lot of controversies over the demolition of worship houses built in disregard of the physical planning laws in the state. He stated… [Read More…]

The National Human Rights Commission has said it is set to commence investigation into cases of pre-election violence and hate speeches reported to it across the country. A statement on Sunday by the commission’s Chief Press Secretary, Mrs. Fatimah Agwai, said the NHRC had so far received about 16 complaints from various persons and groups… [Read More…]

In Lagos State, an end is not yet in view for the judiciary workers’ fight for autonomy, ADE ADESOMOJU and RAMON OLADIMEJI write It was a clear case of “he who fights and runs, lives to fight another day,” when the Lagos State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria pulled out of the… [Read More…]

A Nigerian, Jude Azekwoh, has approached the Economic Community of West African States Court seeking, among other prayers, a sanction order against the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the nation’s judiciary regulatory body, the National Judicial Council. Azekwoh initiated the suit following the alleged refusal by the NJC to act on letters… [Read More…]

The Nigerian citizens obviously yearn for an end to the odious corruption that has retarded the country’s progress for too long. The law will remain complicit in our under-development crises until it is fundamentally restructured to promote, as against stifling, this legitimate yearning. But in what ways can a more profound anti-corruption and legally enforceable… [Read More…]

In Lagos State, an end is not yet in view to the judiciary workers’ fight for judiciary autonomy, RAMON OLADIMEJI writes It was a clear case of “he who fights and runs, lives to fight another day,” when the Lagos State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria pulled out of the nationwide industrial… [Read More…]

An aspirant who sought to represent Lagos Island Constituency 1 in the state’s House of Assembly, Wasiu Sanni, has sued the All Progressives Congress for allegedly omitting his name in the final list submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission. Sanni, who claimed to have won the party’s December 2, 2014 primary with 186 votes,… [Read More…]

Residents of Osborne Foreshore Residential Estate II, Ikoyi, Lagos are currently in court seeking to stop the construction and operation of a commercial jetty and ferry services in the area. The Lagos State Government said it embarked on the project to deliver on its electoral promises to the general masses “to procure, maintain and sustain… [Read More…]

The sudden postponement of the upcoming elections from the dates initially scheduled for the exercise to new dates in March and April respectively, understandably has generated a lot of controversies within and outside the country. There are those who contend that the postponement may have dimmed public confidence apart from the possibility of such shift… [Read More…]

The controversy over the exact status of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s educational qualifications in relation to his eligibility to aspire for election into the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria had been generating intense debate in recent time, forcing a closer examination of… [Read More…]

The non-enforcement of the judgments of the ECOWAS Court of Justice is a major problem confronting it 11 years after it began full operations. ADE ADESOMOJU reports The West African sub-region court, the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, has begun full operations since January 2004, but it is still… [Read More…]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed Tuesday for hearing in the suit filed by some members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, who accused the governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose of imposition of a candidate on them. The plaintiffs are Cyril Fasuyi, Dotun Onipede, Victor Bamidele and Banji Oyinloye. They stated that… [Read More…]